(YLD) Principal Active High Yield - Ratings and Ratios
Junk Bonds, Bank Loans, Treasuries, Preferred Stock
Description: YLD Principal Active High Yield October 27, 2025
The Principal Active High Yield ETF (NYSE ARCA: YLD) is an actively managed fund that allocates at least 80 % of its net assets-plus any investment-grade borrowings-into below-investment-grade (high-yield) fixed-income securities, including corporate bonds, senior floating-rate loans, and preferred securities. It also holds a modest allocation to U.S. Treasury securities and investment-grade bank loans to manage liquidity and credit risk.
Key metrics (as of the latest filing) show an expense ratio of 0.71 %, a weighted-average credit rating around BB-, and a portfolio duration of roughly 4 years, positioning the fund to benefit from a steepening high-yield spread while limiting interest-rate sensitivity.
Macro-level drivers that materially affect YLD’s performance include the Federal Reserve’s policy stance (higher rates tend to compress high-yield spreads), corporate default rates (which have risen modestly to ~2.5 % in Q3 2024), and the health of the U.S. energy and consumer discretionary sectors-both of which dominate the high-yield universe.
If you want a data-rich, scenario-based assessment of YLD’s risk-adjusted returns, ValueRay’s analytics platform offers a convenient way to explore the fund’s sensitivity to interest-rate shifts and credit-cycle dynamics.
YLD ETF Overview
| Market Cap in USD | 424m |
| Category | High Yield Bond |
| TER | 0.39% |
| IPO / Inception | 2015-07-08 |
YLD ETF Ratings
| Growth Rating | 73.0% |
| Fundamental | - |
| Dividend Rating | 83.5% |
| Return 12m vs S&P 500 | -12.2% |
| Analyst Rating | - |
YLD Dividends
| Dividend Yield 12m | 6.57% |
| Yield on Cost 5y | 9.11% |
| Annual Growth 5y | 11.84% |
| Payout Consistency | 96.4% |
| Payout Ratio | % |
YLD Growth Ratios
| Growth Correlation 3m | 67.8% |
| Growth Correlation 12m | 84.1% |
| Growth Correlation 5y | 76.9% |
| CAGR 5y | 10.09% |
| CAGR/Max DD 3y (Calmar Ratio) | 1.79 |
| CAGR/Mean DD 3y (Pain Ratio) | 15.13 |
| Sharpe Ratio 12m | 1.38 |
| Alpha | -5.73 |
| Beta | 0.550 |
| Volatility | 4.43% |
| Current Volume | 206.8k |
| Average Volume 20d | 182.7k |
| Stop Loss | 18.6 (-3.3%) |
| Signal | 0.15 |
What is the price of YLD shares?
Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.49%, over one month by -0.44%, over three months by +1.40% and over the past year by +6.43%.
Is Principal Active High Yield a good stock to buy?
Based on momentum, paid dividends and discounted-cash-flow analyses, the fair value of YLD is around 19.86 USD . This means that YLD is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of 3.22%.
Is YLD a buy, sell or hold?
What are the forecasts/targets for the YLD price?
| Issuer | Target | Up/Down from current |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | - | - |
| Analysts Target Price | - | - |
| ValueRay Target Price | 22.1 | 14.6% |
YLD Fundamental Data Overview October 30, 2025
Beta = 0.55
Revenue TTM = 0.0 USD
EBIT TTM = 0.0 USD
EBITDA TTM = 0.0 USD
Long Term Debt = unknown (none)
Short Term Debt = unknown (none)
Debt = unknown
Net Debt = unknown
Enterprise Value = 423.5m USD (423.5m + (null Debt) - (null CCE))
Interest Coverage Ratio = unknown (Ebit TTM 0.0 / Interest Expense TTM 0.0)
FCF Yield = 0.0% (FCF TTM 0.0 / Enterprise Value 423.5m)
FCF Margin = unknown (Revenue TTM is 0 or missing)
Net Margin = unknown
Gross Margin = unknown ((Revenue TTM 0.0 - Cost of Revenue TTM 0.0) / Revenue TTM)
Tobins Q-Ratio = unknown (Enterprise Value 423.5m / Total Assets none)
Interest Expense / Debt = unknown (Interest Expense 0.0 / Debt none)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US default 21%)
NOPAT = 0.0 (EBIT 0.0 * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = unknown (Total Current Assets none / Total Current Liabilities none)
Debt / Equity = unknown (Debt none)
Debt / EBITDA = unknown (Net Debt none / EBITDA 0.0)
Debt / FCF = unknown (Net Debt none / FCF TTM 0.0)
Total Stockholder Equity = 0.0 (from calculated bookValueOfEquity)
RoA = unknown (Net Income 0.0 / Total Assets none)
RoE = unknown (Net Income TTM 0.0 / Total Stockholder Equity 0.0)
RoCE = unknown (EBIT 0.0 / Capital Employed )
RoIC = unknown (NOPAT 0.0, Invested Capital 0.0, EBIT 0.0)
WACC = 8.04% (E(423.5m)/V(423.5m) * Re(8.04%) + (debt-free company))
Discount Rate = 8.04% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> floored to rf + 0.7*ERP = 8.05%
Fair Price DCF = unknown (Cash Flow 0.0)
Additional Sources for YLD ETF
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